Chapter 74: Christmas Holiday
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December 22. 1991.
Time waits for no one. Not even a genius magical mad scientist. A two more months had passed and now it was time for the Christmas Holidays. Quite a few things have changed during the past two months.
First of all the students were confused by a old white haired old man wandering the halls. It caused quite a scene when the students learned that this was Nicolas Flamel. The Immortal Alchemist. The Alchemist Savant.
Even after searching for two weeks. Dumbledore and Nicolas still couldn't find anything. Nor any suspects. It became obvious that if they wanted to search the whole castle thoroughly they would need a lot more time.
So it was decided that Nicolas would be here as a temporary Alchemy Teacher. Something Dumbledore was not pleased about. After all with Nicolas here he was constantly reminded of his lack of authority and control.
Due to the deal they made. Nicolas gained all the information Albus had on Harry Potter. Including the prophesy. But when Nicolas heard it, he laughed. He was quite amused, seeing through Dumbledore's plan for Voldemort and Harry Potter. But then again it was a simple plan.
Voldemort gets revived. He kills Harry Potter. Fulfils the prophesy. Dumbledore kills Voldemort and becomes once again. The greatest and most powerful man in Britain. His name etched into History as the man who defeated two Dark Lords. Further spreading his influence to help him in his goal of achieving True Immortality.
Dumbledore knows better than to go around breaking a prophesy. Just the act of breaking one has immediate devastating results. Assuming you survived that. The long term consequences start. You broke a prophesy made by Fate. And she does not take kindly to anyone that crosses her.
Now while Dumbledore and Flamel were both searching for the stone. Harry was busy with his projects as well. He had actually denied attending the Alchemy Class, surprising the staff, since they were sure he would go for it.
But what they didn't know is that Harry already had those lessons. It was quite a common concept among the extremely rich wizards abroad. They find a school alumni who was good at occlumency and get a copy of all the lessons they want.
Harry bought the lessons that Flamel occasionally gives out in Beauxbatons Academy. They were expensive of course. But none of them touched on any of the secrets of Alchemy that Flamel had. So he doubted Flamel would even teach anything at the level of those memories. Since the students of Hogwarts don't know what alchemy even is. He is teaching complete beginners, and attending those lessons would be a waste of time.
Another reason why Harry didn't go is that he was avoiding Flamel like a plague. The man is old and experienced. He wanted to minimize any chance that would give him away. So he just acted like himself and ignored everybody. Making it less suspicious.
Harry was working on improving his Pot production. He was creating and optimising the whole process. As well as working on Ward Scheme designs for his manor. He had the entire thing in a 3D model inside his head, which he creates in front of him using his Archive Magic. Then he proceeds to write runes in each 'brick' and connecting them all.
After that its just many, many, many calculations to troubleshoot it and work out all the problems. Harry plans to automate the entire thing in a Factory Machine Line. So that once he is done, he can leave it behind and he can focus on other projects.
He hasn't even begun with Salazar and Helga's Legacies. As well as Helena's Gigai Body. And so we reach the present time.
~ Harry Group Pov.
BOOOOOM!!!!!
"FUCK!!!" Harry's voice was heard as he was flung back with his Hex Barrier Sphere around him.
"Harry! Stop messing around we need to leave" Hope called out as she finished the last of the packing.
Harry stood up and dusted off his clothes. He looked at her with a confused expression "Leave? To go where? I still need to finish up some experiments"
Hope tried really hard not to facepalm. 'How in the world does he not remember?! He has perfect recall! Does his brain automatically delete information he considers useless?'
"...Harry. Today is the last day. Its time for the Christmas break"
Harry blinked, before scratching his head "Oh right.. that was today. Damn it"
"What?" Hope's head popped out of the doorway.
"I was so not looking forward to this. I have to make so many appearances and deal with people bullshit. I have another press conference in France and the US."
Hope deadpanned "Wow, its so difficult being popular and rich. Taking a few hours out of your day to answer some questions."
"See you get it now" Harry smiled at her. Hope only shook her head 'Antisocial mad scientist'
"Lets go Melinda is very excited about not having backpain. Anymore."
Harry stood up and stretched "Yeah. I have been going to the Chamber of Secrets to create batches of Elixir. I just stores them in bottles and leaves them there. I tested it on rats and other animals. But i have yet to test it on humans."
The Elixir was a bit difficult to figure out how its made. But he eventually figured out that the souls in the stone are transmuted into a large amount of vitality or lifeforce.
"So Melinda is going to have to wait a bit. Well until I find some rouge exorcist to test it on first. No. I need an old squib as well. For better results. Huh. Now that I think about it I can kill two birds with one stone. I can use the Old squib hag on Privet Drive, Little Whinging. And I can kill the Dursleys as well"
Hope raised an eyebrow "Why would you need to kill them?"
"Because I'm an idiot" Harry just sighed "I completely forgot about them until recently. The bitch is my aunt. That means blood magic is always an option. I'd rather not have such an obvious weakness. "
"Ahhh" Hope nodded "Then its fine"
'As long as its for our safety then I don't mind.'
"Lets go. Might as well get a head start."
"Daphne and Astoria are with Tracy" Hope said in a humorous tone. That girl was fun but also crazy
Harry just sighed. 'What kind of 11 year old girl is willing to sign a NDA Geass just so she could join our 'super secret clubhouse'. But then again it was a smart decision on her part. She gets to stay with her friend and learn shit. In exchange for silence and doing a few favours for me in the future.'
"I have no idea what to do with that girl. But as long as Daphne and Astoria are happier then its fine"
Hope bumped him with her shoulder "You are getting used to their presence. I might go as far and say you are nice to them" she said with a small grin.
Harry raised an eyebrow " Someone has been getting cocky lately."
She just stuck out her tongue " Well I have been training a lot more lately. What kind of bodyguard would I be if I was too weak." Hope flexed her arm and her nails grew longer and short fur appeared on her arm. All of a sudden some blood started to form from her fingertips. Coating the nails and trails of blood appeared on her hand and arm.
" The Libra sure have interesting techniques. If you haven't shown me their fights I would have never created this." she flicked her finger at Harry's face who just formed a barrier in his hand and put his hand behind his back where the attack appeared.
Harry smirked "This is why I insist that people who talk about pure blood are morons. If you weren't who you are this would be impossible. Attacks that travel through space. Its due to your unique constitution that you can accomplish this."
Hope just scoffed "Please like you can't bend space to do the same" even though she said that, she was very bashful now.
"That's another concept. I'm calculating and bending space. You will it and it appears. Almost like Devil Magic. You were inspired by the Werewolf who uses blood magic to phase through things. Wizarding magic helped you create it. And I gave you some calculations to stabilize it.
Frankly most of the time its not even worth it for me to do it. I can still use space magic, but why bother when I can just blow my enemy sky high. Its like your goal is to cross the street. But instead of going straight across, you are going diagonally in a zig zag pattern. Its still doable, but so unnecessary I just don't bother. I'll study it in the future when I'm strong enough to do some interesting things with space magic. For you using space/blood magic is the simplest way. Well done Hope"
Hope flushed in embarrassment "Well can I get a reward?" she said in a low whisper like voice.
Harry immediately understood what she wanted. "Sure" his words made her perk up and she closed her eyes. But after a few seconds she realized nothing happened. She peaked open her eyes and saw Harry standing there with a shit-eating grin. "What's wrong. Aren't you going to claim your reward"
Hope realized what Harry was doing "You are a bully" her face got even redder. She walked near him and kissed him on the lips and quickly ran out of the room.
Harry chuckled as he saw this but then sighed. 'God I am not looking forward to puberty again. I'd be lucky if I get anything done with those raging hormones. Well lust is easily taken care of. But the adrenalin and aggressiveness that comes with it. Well sorry to any future enemies of mine'
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On the train back Harry sat there with his eyes closed. All of a sudden he smirks. He felt something scan his trunk for something.
'Elf magic'
Harry didn't take any Elixir with him. Since he predicted that Dumbledore would send Elves on the train to check the trunks of students. Just in case, someone wanted to smuggle the Stone or an Elixir in one of the students trunks.
'After we go off the train I'll teleport back in and use the Dark Forest entrance to the Chamber of Secrets. I'll take some of the batches of Elixir I have made beforehand. The Stone stays right where it's always been. Hidden inside a small hole I created in the Chamber and covered up.
"Ughhh. My head hurts. Why math! WHYYYY!!!!" Tracy yelled out while clutching her head.
"I knoww~!" Tonks did the same "Math is evil! Its torture!"
"Its not that hard" Daphne commented while she was reading a book about equations. 'Doesn't matter how difficult it was. Math, physics and chemistry were essential for MageCraft. Just have to push through'
"Come on little one~ You have to have some tips for your senior" Tonks said in a hopeful tone. Tracy was right by her nodding her head in agreement.
"Have you tried not sucking" Harry smiled with his eyes closed.
"Shut it!" Tonks pointed her finger at him "Child geniuses aren't allowed to talk"
"Yeah!" Tracy pumped her fist "You tell him sister"
Daphne raised her head and looked unamused at the two girls. They were making too much noise and it was distracting.
"Have tried studying?"
Tracy gasped and looked at Tonks "He has corrupted her"
Tonks grabbed her arms "The charisma of Dark Lord Potter is impressive. We must be on guard"
Daphne ignored them both and went back to reading. Hope was playing cards with Astoria while Harry was enjoying the joyful mood. 'Yeah. This is fine for now'